Political Quotes

“I would ask an additional question here. Last week, several of us announced a ``we the people'' government reform package, and I plan to introduce that bill tomorrow. The bill includes several pieces. It has Senator Whitehouse's DISCLOSE Act, which would require mandatory disclosure of all special interest campaign donations. It also includes my good friend Senator Bennet's legislation to strengthen lobbying laws. I bring this up because I think it highlights the reason for Congress's inaction on gun violence. We have been here before after the tragedy in Connecticut at Sandy Hook. We stood here and debated many of the same issues, including expanding background checks, closing the gun show loophole, limiting the capacity of magazines--things that should have been passed but weren't. I wish to ask my friend from Connecticut: Do you think our inability to pass commonsense gun safety legislation is in any way connected to the flood of money in our campaigns from special interests?”